Build the campaign and organizing skills necessary to run powerful climate justice campaigns in a dynamic, generative learning space with organizers, advocates, and activist leaders from across the New England Region!
Applications for the Spring 2024 New England regional cohort are open now until Monday, February 5th. Climate organizers from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont are encouraged to apply!!
2022 Spring TFI Cohort
The Training For Impact (TFI) cohort is a 3-month intensive peer learning and training experience designed for organizers and leaders committed to taking action on climate change. By joining the TFI cohort, participants have the opportunity to deepen your skills, forge meaningful relationships, and expand their campaign knowledge in order to drive transformative change.
- Enhance Political Analysis: Develop a deeper understanding of how racial capitalism and other systems of oppression contribute to the climate crisis and intersecting challenges.
- Conduct Strategic Planning and Power Analysis: Cultivate a holistic power analysis and strategic approach based on their organizational theory of change, focusing on the critical capacities needed to build strong, multiracial, and cross-class movements.
- Design and Implement Campaigns: Learn how to design and execute impactful campaigns that secure transformative climate solutions for their communities. This includes campaign development, narrative and communications strategy, and a relational approach to organizing that blends both offline and online engagement.
- Build Teams and Develop Leadership: Build and sustain healthy, joyous activist teams that prioritize relationship-building, create pathways for leadership development, and contribute to the growth of a people-powered climate movement.
- Cultivate a Culture of Learning: Foster a culture of continuous learning within your organization, enabling you to assess what works well and what needs improvement in pursuit of your vision and campaign goals.
- Grow Personally and Professionally: Expand their overall capacity to take on new roles and responsibilities within an organization and in the broader climate movement.
- Reside in the New England region of the U.S. (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).
- Currently lead or actively participate in a climate justice campaign in their community.
- Possess 1-3 year(s) of grassroots organizing and/or climate campaign experience.
- Share the Lab team’s commitment to justice-centered and intersectional organizing practices.
- Are eager to contribute to a dynamic, joyful space where we reflect, learn, laugh, and dream together!
At The Lab, we strive to support a powerful, multiracial, cross-class movement, and we encourage applications from BIPOC organizers, youth organizers, and individuals organizing in rural and low-income communities.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative cohort that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create lasting change in the fight against climate disruption. Apply now to join the Training For Impact Spring 2024 Cohort!
Training for Impact cohorts run for three months, including a 3-day, in-person kickoff, followed by 14 virtual sessions. Every other week following the kickoff, participants meet for two 90-minute sessions (typically Tuesdays & Thursdays). The first session of the week is mostly content and listening, and the second session of the week is participatory and focused on how participants will apply the knowledge and skills from the prior session. Participants should come prepared to not only build new skills and be trained, but also to draw from their organizing and campaign experience, and their current work to develop learning with other participants.
On occasion, we ask participants to come prepared to a session with pre-work or homework from the previous session. This can add about an hour to the weekly commitment for the cohort.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative cohort that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create lasting change in the fight against climate disruption. Apply by February 5th to join the Training For Impact Spring 2024 Cohort!
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Pre-Kickoff Session Late February TBD |
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Module 1: In-person Kickoff (Boston, MA) March 12th - 14th |
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Module 2: Power Analysis March 19th & 21st |
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Module 3: Strategy April 2nd & 4th |
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Module 4: Conflict Management April 16th & 18th |
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Module 5: Organizing Part 1 April 30th & May 2nd |
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Module 6: Organizing Part 2 May 14th & 16th |
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Module 7: Application Presentations & Closing May 21st |
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Victoria Sunkel
Spring 2023 Training For Impact Cohort Member
Tyler McDermott
Spring 2023 Training For Impact Cohort Member
Trevor Carroll
Spring 2023 Training For Impact Cohort Member
The program enabled me to reflect on my own leadership skills, which stem from my background in the healthcare industry, known for its top-down approach. Recognizing the need to implement leadership practices that truly serve my community, I have gained valuable insights and tools to reshape my approach and foster more inclusive and equitable leadership.
Carmen Cavezza
Spring 2023 Training For Impact Cohort Member
Karlie Hill
Spring 2023 Training For Impact Cohort Member
Akira Yano
Minnesota Environmental Justice Table
Spring 2022 Training for Impact cohort member
Nicole Wong
Greenlining Institute
Assata Harris
Gabby Heidrich
- Is there a cost associated with participating in a Training for Impact cohort? No, we are able to offer this program free-of-cost with generous support from the Lab’s funder collaborative.
- What will the first in-person session be like? Do I have to travel to attend? We strongly believe that convening an in-person gathering at the start of the cohort helps to build and strengthen relationships and investment in the Training for Impact programming. We provide food for the duration of the session and additional travel stipends will be available for those who request it. We will also be able to offer hybrid participation options for those who are unable to travel. We will start the in-person kickoff with a welcoming module on Tuesday, March 5 in the mid-afternoon, followed by a full day of programming and dinner on Wednesday, March 6. On Thursday morning (March 7th), we will wrap up programming and say goodbye before traveling home!
- What happens if I need to miss a session? If you need to miss a session, participants are required to give advanced notice as early as possible. We understand many people have prior obligations, but generally expect participants to join the live sessions.
- Do I have to be a member of the Climate Advocacy Lab to apply? You do not need to be a member of the Climate Advocacy Lab in order to apply for the cohort, but we do require all TFI participants to become Lab members so they are able to easily access our resources and tools. We encourage all applicants to get that process started by filling out this new member form.
- Do you have accessibility alternatives for completion of the application for those who need it? We are more than happy to provide additional support for those who would like to use an alternative process for submitting an application, like interviews or video/audio submissions. Please contact us with your request at one of the emails listed below.
- I have a question about the program or application. Who can I contact for clarity? Please feel free to contact us through email with any questions. You can contact either of the Training For Impact Leads, Gabby Heidrich, gabrielle@climateadvocacylab.org, or Assata Harris, assata@climateadvocacylab.org.
- Who has joined previous cohorts? We welcome applicants from climate and climate justice groups of all sizes! Past participants have come from local and state-based organizations like Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), Texas Campaign for the Environment, and MN EJ Table, as well as national groups, like Sierra Club, Sunrise Movement, and Vote Solar.